diff -urN linux-2.5.38/kernel/exit.c linux/kernel/exit.c
--- linux-2.5.38/kernel/exit.c	Tue Sep 24 16:14:44 2002
+++ linux/kernel/exit.c	Tue Sep 24 16:34:27 2002
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@
 	tsk->flags |= PF_EXITING;
 	del_timer_sync(&tsk->real_timer);
 
-	if (unlikely(preempt_count()))
+	if (unlikely(in_atomic()))
 		printk(KERN_INFO "note: %s[%d] exited with preempt_count %d\n",
 				current->comm, current->pid,
 				preempt_count());